Issues/Policy

The logic is simple. The 2019 presidential election in Nigeria cannot be, by all accounts, the worst election in the history of Nigeria without the corresponding INEC chairman being, at the same time, the worst […]

Lagos is the Centre of Excellence.The sixth most densely populated city in the world. Although Lagos is the smallest state in the Nigerian federation by land mass, it is home to over 20 million people. […]

The political leader and the religious leader have one thing in common. Both market hope. The man of God markets hopes in paradise in the after-life to persuade us to behave properly here on earth, […]

This is a trying time for the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). I may be wrong. But recent events in Lagos State University (LASU), the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) (see […]

tunjioa@yahoo.com 08036683657 For those who are interested, history is fascinating and exciting. I like to know as much of it as possible. So I took note when a historian, Prof. Sule Mohammed of the Department […]

Friday Musings with Ayo Olukotun “When your hosts begin to insinuate that the rough, almost inedible end of a yam tuber is all the food that they have left at home, then, the visitor should […]

Fola Ojo, willieojo@yahoo.com In spite of Nigeria’s failings and foibles; in spite of her challenges and gobs of troubles; in spite of her citizens’ dimming hopes and faltering confidence in a flailing and labile economy; […]

India practises a robust democracy, the largest on planet earth, to guide its one billion plus citizens spread over a subcontinent territory. But the country still has the presence of vision to capture the view […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has explained why its operatives raided Fraser Suites located in Abuja. This was announced via a press release signed by Joseph Attah, the Customs public relations officer. Mr Attah said […]

It is 9:10am, and former President Goodluck Jonathan arrives at the mouth of the aircraft at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. His hat gives him away too soon as he saunters into the waiting metal bird. […]

The Nigerian Government has given details of fraudulent circumstances surrounding the Gas Supply Processing Agreement (GSPA) with Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) leading to the award of N9.6 billion dollars judgment debt against Nigeria. […]

My Dearest Five-Year Old Nigeria, I’m writing you this letter fully knowing that you’re going to think everything I’m about to tell you is complete rubbish, because at the stage you are now, you’re a […]

Our people say if a person doesn’t know where he is going, at least he should know where he is coming from. Most are not sure where we are headed at this point, but we […]

In Nigeria, it was the politics, violence and strife that killed the historical kindness of Nigerians, and turned Nigerian society into an angry and impatient place that is unforgiving of the perceived weakness of even […]

Lekan Sote, lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 This word is for the arrogant people of South-West Nigeria, who (justifiably) bemoan the loss of past glories wrought by their fathers, former Premier Obafemi Awolowo and others, in the education […]

The Electricity Distribution Companies are looking forward to financial support from the government. They are privatised companies and they have been so for some time now. This means that they have refused to grow! Many […]

Imagine the year 2001, when the GSM was first introduced in Nigeria. Imagine again that we were told then that since we were just getting the GSM licences and trying to use the GSM phones, […]

My journey to being a Chevening scholar Pursing a master’s degree after my undergraduate programme was a no-brainer. My parents had their M.Ed. shortly after graduation. In my childhood and teenage years, they had constantly […]

Iwill begin this treatise with the words of the current Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad: “The rule of law must be obeyed in all our dealings and we must impress it on the government […]

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has again sacked Murtala Ibrahim, an auditor with the bank who blew the lid on official corruption three years ago. The dismissal, communicated to Mr Ibrahim on September […]